Jamie Callahan
@profjamiec.bsky.social
Storytelling feminist - learning, gender, emotion & activism. Equity Challenge Project creator. USAF Veteran. Former Co-EIC of @IJMR_BAM. She|Her
Just a friendly reminder: History shows us that, more often than not, employers place profit before people.
Workers need to fight for fair treatment. Industrial action is our most effective tool, but anti-union laws mean we have to win a mandate to use that tool. VOTE!
#WeAreTheUniversity
Workers need to fight for fair treatment. Industrial action is our most effective tool, but anti-union laws mean we have to win a mandate to use that tool. VOTE!
#WeAreTheUniversity
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Just a friendly reminder: History shows us that, more often than not, employers place profit before people.
Workers need to fight for fair treatment. Industrial action is our most effective tool, but anti-union laws mean we have to win a mandate to use that tool. VOTE!
#WeAreTheUniversity
Workers need to fight for fair treatment. Industrial action is our most effective tool, but anti-union laws mean we have to win a mandate to use that tool. VOTE!
#WeAreTheUniversity
It would help if I didn’t have a typo in the hashtag! #WeAreTheUniversity
I got in trouble again for my trade union work. This time for paper flyers on my door.
Checked H&S guidelines: it’s okay to post flyers as long as they’re laminated. Okay, I’ll fix that. Laminator & sleeves were on sale!
#WeAreTheUniversit
Checked H&S guidelines: it’s okay to post flyers as long as they’re laminated. Okay, I’ll fix that. Laminator & sleeves were on sale!
#WeAreTheUniversit
November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It would help if I didn’t have a typo in the hashtag! #WeAreTheUniversity
I got in trouble again for my trade union work. This time for paper flyers on my door.
Checked H&S guidelines: it’s okay to post flyers as long as they’re laminated. Okay, I’ll fix that. Laminator & sleeves were on sale!
#WeAreTheUniversit
Checked H&S guidelines: it’s okay to post flyers as long as they’re laminated. Okay, I’ll fix that. Laminator & sleeves were on sale!
#WeAreTheUniversit
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I got in trouble again for my trade union work. This time for paper flyers on my door.
Checked H&S guidelines: it’s okay to post flyers as long as they’re laminated. Okay, I’ll fix that. Laminator & sleeves were on sale!
#WeAreTheUniversit
Checked H&S guidelines: it’s okay to post flyers as long as they’re laminated. Okay, I’ll fix that. Laminator & sleeves were on sale!
#WeAreTheUniversit
Reposted by Jamie Callahan
If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker.
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker.
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
Just in case, for some bizarre reason, you’re still giving this company your money, maybe be this will convince you to stop?
Don't buy Starbucks at any location until the workers end their ULP strike.
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Just in case, for some bizarre reason, you’re still giving this company your money, maybe be this will convince you to stop?
Hey, @durham.ac.uk #DUBS colleagues, let’s show @aomconnect.bsky.social that UK Business School staff are different!
@ucu.org.uk is balloting right now for the #WeAreTheUniversity campaign. Join us! @ducu.bsky.social
(Psst, @unitetheunion.bsky.social &
@unison.org.uk are balloting at DU, too! 😉)
@ucu.org.uk is balloting right now for the #WeAreTheUniversity campaign. Join us! @ducu.bsky.social
(Psst, @unitetheunion.bsky.social &
@unison.org.uk are balloting at DU, too! 😉)
"Typical U.S. business faculty members do not hold an identity that allows them to see the challenges facing higher education as their challenges. Moreover, business faculty have tended to be architects and proponents of the managerialism we claim to reject."
journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5...
journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5...
Cultivating Courage, Cowardice, or Complacency? An Identity-Based Perspective on Faculty Resistance to Managerialism | Academy of Management Learning & Education
The vast majority of colleges and universities in the United States are beset by existential challenges in the form of falling enrollments, rising costs, pressure to keep tuition affordable, and polit...
journals.aom.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Hey, @durham.ac.uk #DUBS colleagues, let’s show @aomconnect.bsky.social that UK Business School staff are different!
@ucu.org.uk is balloting right now for the #WeAreTheUniversity campaign. Join us! @ducu.bsky.social
(Psst, @unitetheunion.bsky.social &
@unison.org.uk are balloting at DU, too! 😉)
@ucu.org.uk is balloting right now for the #WeAreTheUniversity campaign. Join us! @ducu.bsky.social
(Psst, @unitetheunion.bsky.social &
@unison.org.uk are balloting at DU, too! 😉)
Always a tough day for me. RIP Jo. Thank you for your service.
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Always a tough day for me. RIP Jo. Thank you for your service.
I don’t expect UG students to have necessarily *read* Shakespeare, MW Shelley, Chaucer, (any) Brontë, or Orwell and the like. But I kinda expected them to have *heard* of them….
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I don’t expect UG students to have necessarily *read* Shakespeare, MW Shelley, Chaucer, (any) Brontë, or Orwell and the like. But I kinda expected them to have *heard* of them….
Hold. The. Freaking. Line.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Hold. The. Freaking. Line.
First the employer took staff desks from them. Now they’re taking their pensions.
Join your trade union, people.
@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/northum...
Join your trade union, people.
@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/northum...
Northumbria to freeze pay if staff refuse TPS-USS pension switch
University says moving employees from more expensive scheme will save it up to £11 million a year
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
First the employer took staff desks from them. Now they’re taking their pensions.
Join your trade union, people.
@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/northum...
Join your trade union, people.
@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/northum...
Reposted by Jamie Callahan
This needs saying again & again: UK unis are knowingly accepting 1000s of students without the necessary English skills to fully engage with their courses they'll be studying on. And *that's not those students' fault*. Why wouldn't they assume these institutions know how to teach them effectively?
I saw this when I was teaching in 2014: students from China who didn't know that their agents had submitted someone else's TOEFL scores with their applications. They reasonably thought their English must be adequate or they wouldn't have been accepted. It was very hard for them, sad for everybody.
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This needs saying again & again: UK unis are knowingly accepting 1000s of students without the necessary English skills to fully engage with their courses they'll be studying on. And *that's not those students' fault*. Why wouldn't they assume these institutions know how to teach them effectively?
I knew @northumbriauni.bsky.social had taken away staff desks in NBS this summer, making them essentially hotdesk. Now the employer has informed staff that they are gutting their pensions, too.
If there was EVER a time to join @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social, NOW is the time!
If there was EVER a time to join @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social, NOW is the time!
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I knew @northumbriauni.bsky.social had taken away staff desks in NBS this summer, making them essentially hotdesk. Now the employer has informed staff that they are gutting their pensions, too.
If there was EVER a time to join @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social, NOW is the time!
If there was EVER a time to join @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social, NOW is the time!
Reposted by Jamie Callahan
Reposted by Jamie Callahan
Yes, it’s after midnight.
Yes, I have to leave for work in 7 hours.
Yes, I’m watching NYC mayoral election coverage.
Yes, I have to leave for work in 7 hours.
Yes, I’m watching NYC mayoral election coverage.
November 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Yes, it’s after midnight.
Yes, I have to leave for work in 7 hours.
Yes, I’m watching NYC mayoral election coverage.
Yes, I have to leave for work in 7 hours.
Yes, I’m watching NYC mayoral election coverage.
Ditch Spotify with its unethical behavior and positions.
Here are some alternatives. Qobuz is looking good!
www.instagram.com/reel/DNYx94M...
Here are some alternatives. Qobuz is looking good!
www.instagram.com/reel/DNYx94M...
cutoffthespigot on Instagram: "Spotify Alternatives - Part 1! Featuring- Qobuz- Soundiiz- ResonateI cover Tidal but don’t recommend them.Qobuz is owned by Xandrie…"
Spotify Alternatives - Part 1! Featuring- Qobuz- Soundiiz- ResonateI cover Tidal but don’t recommend them.Qobuz is owned by Xandrie SA, which is owned by the Thébaud Group, which in turn is owned by Nabuboto. All of these companies are French and privately held.#spotify #spotifyalternative #spotifypremium #musicstreaming #musicstreamer #musicplatform #supportmusicians #supportartists #tidalmusicView all 4,338 comments
www.instagram.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ditch Spotify with its unethical behavior and positions.
Here are some alternatives. Qobuz is looking good!
www.instagram.com/reel/DNYx94M...
Here are some alternatives. Qobuz is looking good!
www.instagram.com/reel/DNYx94M...
Learned a new cultural distinction tonight.
In the US, porch light on = trick or treating. Light was on, no one was stopping.
My lovely neighbor came by with one of her pumpkins & said no pumpkin = no trick or treaters.
Apparently you need decorations here in the UK. Who knew?
In the US, porch light on = trick or treating. Light was on, no one was stopping.
My lovely neighbor came by with one of her pumpkins & said no pumpkin = no trick or treaters.
Apparently you need decorations here in the UK. Who knew?
October 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Learned a new cultural distinction tonight.
In the US, porch light on = trick or treating. Light was on, no one was stopping.
My lovely neighbor came by with one of her pumpkins & said no pumpkin = no trick or treaters.
Apparently you need decorations here in the UK. Who knew?
In the US, porch light on = trick or treating. Light was on, no one was stopping.
My lovely neighbor came by with one of her pumpkins & said no pumpkin = no trick or treaters.
Apparently you need decorations here in the UK. Who knew?
Working out of a #DUBS bookable office in Mill Hill Lane again today since my assigned office is occupied today. I don’t think I can express how much more functional this building is than the #Waterside White Elephant that cost the university £108m (>200% of building cost).
@ducu.bsky.social
@ducu.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Working out of a #DUBS bookable office in Mill Hill Lane again today since my assigned office is occupied today. I don’t think I can express how much more functional this building is than the #Waterside White Elephant that cost the university £108m (>200% of building cost).
@ducu.bsky.social
@ducu.bsky.social
🤯
Another step in the “How to cede your standing in the world” manual.
🤦🏼♀️
Another step in the “How to cede your standing in the world” manual.
🤦🏼♀️
Florida's governor is telling public universities to stop hiring anyone on a H-1B visa. Expect other red states to follow suit.
Florida’s Public Universities Should No Longer Hire Foreign Employees, DeSantis Says
The Republican governor’s directive on H-1B visas comes as President Trump has initiated his policy of charging employers a new $100,000 fee to hire people from outside the United States.
www.chronicle.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🤯
Another step in the “How to cede your standing in the world” manual.
🤦🏼♀️
Another step in the “How to cede your standing in the world” manual.
🤦🏼♀️
Reposted by Jamie Callahan
This is one of our biggest arguments: that OpenAI is vampirizing universities for the cachet and legitimacy that affiliation with higher education affords
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is one of our biggest arguments: that OpenAI is vampirizing universities for the cachet and legitimacy that affiliation with higher education affords
Posted! @ucu.org.uk @ducu.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Posted! @ucu.org.uk @ducu.bsky.social
As @ucu.org.uk members begin posting their ballots back, it’s a good time to remind folks of Frederick Douglass’s 1857 speech in which he said that power cedes nothing without demand.
October 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
As @ucu.org.uk members begin posting their ballots back, it’s a good time to remind folks of Frederick Douglass’s 1857 speech in which he said that power cedes nothing without demand.
Reposted by Jamie Callahan
You might say this will, among other problems, look weirdly lopsided, but I think the obvious implication is he's totally planning to do the West Wing next.
October 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
You might say this will, among other problems, look weirdly lopsided, but I think the obvious implication is he's totally planning to do the West Wing next.
I would just like to point out that this solo bookable office at the old #DUBS at Mill Hill Lane is about twice the size of the staff offices that are shared by 2-3 at the new #Waterside building!
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I would just like to point out that this solo bookable office at the old #DUBS at Mill Hill Lane is about twice the size of the staff offices that are shared by 2-3 at the new #Waterside building!